The winter morning sun slowly rises to the eastern sky, and the sun is dyed red and sprinkled all over the campus. At this time, the school field was already overcrowded, and the training sound of the sergeants resounded throughout the Jialing River.

Guo Zhengsun, who is over half a hundred years old, wearing a black veil and a red official robe, is watching the training on the school ground.

The pacification envoy is in charge of civil affairs, and both control and manage military affairs, and the two do not interfere with each other, and he must also provide money and food wholeheartedly, and cannot be hindered.

There was no official decree from the imperial court, but it was the emperor's decree that Cui He, the envoy of the Sichuan system, brought it to him, and Chen Li, the pacification envoy of the Lizhou East Road.

He couldn't guess even if he wanted to break his head, the Great Song Dynasty ruled the country with Confucianism, and he had always been the commander of the military by civil ministers, and the court was particularly suspicious of military generals. How did he come to the new emperor, change his course, and become a military general?

Moreover, there is no supervision army in the army. Military generals can do whatever they want, and the military and political affairs are self-determined.

However, in view of the dilapidated Shukou, the various stoppers are in vain, and it is the emperor's decree, he did not restrain it, but chose to accept all this.

Although not so calmly.

Jinling lectures on martial arts, a protégé of the Son of Heaven, I don't think I will betray my teacher.

On the cavalry training ground, a moving rectangular team was moving and changing direction with the instructions of the young instructors in the Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, which was the soldiers training in a queue.

The young instructors, some of them were still immature, and they were walking around with the soldiers, could this be useful?

Desperate on the battlefield, you live and die, you don't practice your skills well, but you practice walking, it's useless.

On several wooden frames with unique shapes and the same height as horses, some soldiers are training, getting on and off horses, loading and unloading saddles, turning and climbing circles, and some are practicing weapons on wooden frames.

I heard that this wooden frame is called "Trojan Horse", which is the emperor's originality, and like those horizontal bars and parallel bars and other training facilities, they are all brought from Jinling Jiangwutang.

It seems that the emperor is still a skilled craftsman. I just don't know, is it not doing my job?

"Guo Si, tell me, is it useful for cavalry to practice like this?"

Guo Zhengsun frowned and asked the entourage beside him.

"Xianggong, these are all recruits, after a period of drilling, they will be trained on horseback, and veterans will lead new recruits. This practice is slower, but there are fewer falls and injuries. After the cavalry has practiced horsemanship, then it is time to train in the cavalry formation. Without a year or two, it is difficult for cavalry to train. ”

Guo Si used to be a cavalryman of the border army, so he naturally had some opinions on the training of cavalry.

"I see."

Guo Zhengsun nodded, a little admired in his heart.

It seems that the emperor was not unprofessional, but a learned and wise man.

"Xianggong, the emperor wants to expand his army, and with the money and food of the three passes and five states, I am afraid it will be difficult to continue. Xianggong has to think of a way. ”

"What can I do? It is not recommended that the imperial court should settle fields in Hanzhong and solve the problem of grain and grass first. Transporting grain from Sichuan is too laborious and costly. ”

Guo Zhengsun shook his head and said helplessly.

The emperor was reckless, and the taxes were not for the common people. Even if it's not from Lizhou West Road, it's from Sichuan Road.

"Xianggong, the official document of the imperial court said that it was not necessary to subtract the taxes of the people of Lizhou for three years?"

"In such a big place as Lizhou Two Road, there are only 100,000 households, and there are at most 60,000 or 70,000 households on Lizhou West Road. The people are exempt from taxation for three years, but the court wants to make a big fuss. Let me ask, do the displaced people who fled back to Shu dare to return to their hometowns? ”

Guo Zhengsun's words made Guo Si speechless for a while.

The border is heavily stuffed, and the imperial court is making great efforts to do side affairs, which is understandable. Do you have to wait for the other party to call in?

Three years of exemption is better than inevitable.

"Stop!"

When they arrived at the trench, Wang Shixin, who was in the middle of the first row of cavalry, shouted, and all the horses in the first row stopped.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

The cavalry commanders of the second, third, and two rows behind shouted one after another, and all the horses of the fifth platoon stopped.

"Jump!"

Wang Shixin shouted again, and all the war horses in the first row stepped forward together and jumped over the trench.

The commanders of the platoons in the back shouted similarly, and the platoons of cavalry jumped over the trench in turn.

"Listen up, the cavalry's war horse is not a horse, but the life and death brother of the cavalry. Ma Tong human nature, shouting "stop" and "jump" in training, that is to tell the war horse. In this way, when it comes to the battlefield, the war horse develops the instinct to obey orders! ”

Wang Shixin patiently explained to the cavalry, with a black face that was terrifying.

"Remember, don't think how good your riding skills are, arrows hit the target, that's all bullshit! The importance of cavalry lies in the impact of the cavalry formation during the big battle, so that the opponent can be scattered. No matter how powerful you are alone, you can only be a scout! However, before practicing the riding formation, it is better to practice the riding and archery first! ”

Wang Shixin faced the cavalry, eager to teach him all his skills.

"Remember, Commander!"

The cavalry began to train, walking, running, chopping, and maintaining formation to charge.

Practicing himself, Guo Zhengsun on the side also nodded lightly.

This Wang Shixin's temper is too straight and hard, although he is a fierce general, he doesn't like it. Zheng Zheng pushed Wang Shixin to the end, but he didn't expect the emperor to reuse it and entrust him with a heavy task.

Looking at Wang Shixin's high-spirited appearance, it seems that he has regained his vitality, which really makes people feel the wonder of life opportunities.

The emperor knows people and hopes that Wang Shixin and these young martial arts officers can live up to expectations.

"Let's go, let's see the foot drill!"

Guo Zhengsun and Wang Shixin exchanged glances, nodded slightly, and walked away.

On the sidelines, seeing the uneven cavalry in front of him, Cao You couldn't help but let out an exclamation from the bottom of his heart.

"Is this my Great Song cavalry?"

The horse is thin and long, the saddle and stirrups, including the bridle are old, and the real good horse is estimated to be two or three percent. The cavalry was of different ages, but it was still possible to pick out some of the young and strong.

If it weren't for the 1,500 cavalry supplemented by the Guards Ma Junsi, I'm afraid the scene would be even more ugly.

On the west road of Lizhou, there are only about 3,000 cavalry with worrying quality, maybe not 3,000. Compared with the Mongolian cavalry, which often has thousands of elite cavalry, it is really worrying.

"When riding and shooting, you should pay attention to the timing of the horse's rise and fall, and you are optimistic!"

Wang Shixin shouted loudly, while riding forward, stretching his bow and arrows, flying at a distance of 100 paces, and the arrows were bullseye.

Wang Shixin came back from his horse, full of spirit, and shouted loudly.

"Who's going to show me and see if you can be like me? Forget it! ”

The cavalry laughed, and Ma Zhong was embarrassed to laugh.

Wang Shixin did this, giving him enough face.

He is a famous archer in the army, with great strength, and Wang Shixin's cavalry and archery. However, Wang Shixin has a set of cavalry training, and he is willing to bow to the wind.

"I'm coming!"

Amid the cheers of the cavalry, a young officer mounted his horse, his riding skills were exquisite, and his arrows hit the bull's-eye with ease.

"Not bad!"

Wang Shixin also applauded, looked at the officer, and said with satisfaction:

"You are Zhang Zhongxia from Jinling Martial Arts Hall, not bad!"

"Commander Wang, most of the cavalry of my Great Song Border Army are good, it's this war horse ......"

Zhang Zhongxia shook his head.

"Not only is there a lack of war horses, but there are also horse harnesses, forage, beans and wheat needed by cavalry and horses."

After Wang Shixin finished speaking, he shouted loudly to the cavalry.

"Get on the horse! Ride and shoot! ”

Wang Shixin gave an order, and all the cavalry mounted their horses one after another, moving forward in waves, and the feather arrows shot at the target one after another.

"How's it going, Commander Wang?"

After the cavalry finished inspecting, seeing their shabby armor, Cao Youwen was slightly sad.

From Wang Shixin's riding skills and riding archery, he felt that the quality of the Shukou cavalry was good.

"General, the cavalry is decent, some people are just infantry on horseback, they are not good at riding and shooting, and they need to be trained well. The cavalry of 3,000 people is short of 500, and the war horse can only be one person and one horse. ”

Wang Shixin did not hide it at all, and told the truth.

Seeing Cao Youwen's frowns, Wang Shixin said loudly:

"General, don't worry. In less than a year, I will definitely train them to become a strong army. Besides, now that our Great Song Border Army has firearms, it is already invincible. It will get better and better in the future! ”

was reactivated, and Wang Shixin's whole person was much more cheerful.

He'd watched firearms training, and it really creeped him out. Subconsciously, I feel that firearms may change the situation of future wars.

"Without large-scale cavalry, victory cannot expand the results of the battle, and defeat is a thousand miles. Cavalry has always been the weakness of my Great Song Dynasty! ”

Cao Youwen said softly, but he was much more cheerful.

As Wang Shixin said, with firearms, the border army of the Great Song Dynasty has been invincible. In the face of the cavalry of the northern nomads, it also seemed that they were no longer so vulnerable.

"Commander Wang, the cavalry training will be handed over to you. Like the foot soldiers, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled had to be eliminated, and the cavalry had to be replenished from the recruits. Cavalrymen were to undergo the same parade and physical training as the infantry. Then there is the riding practice. ”

Cao Youwen meant, Wang Shi knew the confidence and quickly received the order.

The training of cavalry in the army must be exactly the same as the training method of the Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall. He heard that the new recruits should train riding on the wooden horse beforehand, and it was the emperor's idea, and he thought it was good.

Those recruits who went directly to the horse to practice fell to their deaths every year, which is really speechless.

"Commander Wang, rest assured that training is. Even if dozens of soldiers were killed, it was nothing. The army will not punish you for this. As long as you can train qualified cavalry, no matter what you do or what you want, I will try my best to satisfy you. ”

Cao Youwen carefully admonished Wang Shixin.

What he told Wang Shixin was exactly the same as the precepts he learned in Jinling's lecture martial arts.

With an elite cavalry team, he was already a little impatient. At this point, he believed that the emperor was more urgent than he was.

"General Cao, the old man is polite."

Unexpectedly, seeing that it was Cao Youwen, Guo Zhengsun stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

A year ago, Cao Youwen was just a scholar with no reputation, and he had to kneel down when he saw himself.

In less than a year, Cao Youwen was already an important minister of the imperial court, and he was on an equal footing with himself, which was even more bizarre than Wang Shixin's experience.

"Guo Xianggong, you are also in the barracks."

Cao Youwen hugged his fists and saluted Guo Zhengsun.

This Guo Zhengsun, although the scholar doctor has a big shelf, but he is an honest official, but it is also respectable.

"General Cao, New Year's Day is coming, and the old man still trains his troops so hard, the old man really admires it!"

The dedication of Cao Youwen and other generals made Guo Zhengsun also admire.

"The emperor trusts him, the country matters, and the general will not dare to slack off!"

Cao Youwen was solemn, and hugged his fists and saluted to the southeast.

"General Cao, Song Jinyanhe, is there still a war in Biansai?"

Guo Zhengsun couldn't help it and blurted out.

"The emperor is eloquent and strategic, and he plans for a rainy day. The last general thinks that something big will happen in the side plug. ”

Cao Youwen made no secret of his trust in the emperor.

"General Cao, are these firearms useful? Is this kind of training useful? ”

Guo Zhengsun was curious and asked again.

"Guo Xianggong, the Mongolian cavalry attacked the city and pulled out the fortress, it was indestructible, and my Great Song infantry cavalry could not compete with it. The firearms were the emperor's original creation, and the martial arts hall was also built by the emperor himself, and the emperor wrote the "Tatar Policy" and passed on the generals in the army to deal with the future war. As for whether firearms are useful or not, we will know on the battlefield in the future. ”

Cao Youwen looked at Guo Zhengsun and smiled with his fists.

"Guo Xianggong, after the New Year's Day, let's work hard."

When I came back from Jinling Jiangwutang, I never went home. New Year's Day is just around the corner, and it's time to return home.